Fossil:

ARA-VP-1/129

Site:

Aramis- Middle Awash
Afar, Ethiopia (16)

Discovered By:

A. Asfaw
1992 (16)

Estimated Age of Fossil:

4.4 mya
* determined by Stratigraphic, faunal, paleomagnetic & radiometric data (1, 7, 16)

Species Name:

Ardipithecus ramidus ramidus (19)

Gender:

Mixed (16)

Cranial Capacity:

Unknown cc (16)

Information:

Material from 50 individuals found (15)
Partial skeleton (45%) found. Not yet published. (15)

Interpretation:

Bipedal (based on position of foramen magnum and long bones) (16)
Lived in wooded environment (based on seeds, fauna) (16)
Perhaps a chimpanzee ancestor, not a human ancestor (17)